커뮤니티케어 실천을 위한 소규모노인요양시설의 사회화 및 발전방향

Socialization and Developmental Direction of Small-scale Nursing Home for Community Care

The purpose of the study is to explore the developmental direction of community care that small-scale nursing homes need to practice. To do so, this study examined a status of socialization of nursing homes and future developmental direction to practice community care. For this study, 27 agencies with a capacity of 10 or less than 30 residents were surveyed in G city. This study found that the overall socialization practice was performed, with the residents having smooth contact with the local community, participation in the management of facilities and relatively diverse resources to the community. Socialization and practice of community care are used in the same aspect of emphasis on local community so, the results of the future direction of small-scale nursing homes for community care are as follows. Small-scale nursing homes located in the city have an easy access to local community so, they have a good advantage on service provision, such as day and night care and visiting nursing services for local residents. Therefore, small-scale nursing homes will play a crucial role in community care if each nursing home secures space for residents to use together and professional personnels who provide care management services.